MSL Curiosity Lands Safely in Gale Crater

MSL Curiosity Lands Safely in Gale Crater, Landing and Commissioning Activity Period 1A, sols 0-8

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nprev MSL Curiosity Lands Safely in Gale Crater Aug 6 2012, 05:38 AM

dvandorn Based on a single 256-pixel hazcam, I can see that... Aug 6 2012, 05:42 AM

Explorer1 No dunes, like Emily said. Easy driving ahead! Aug 6 2012, 05:45 AM

Big Joe Quick grab Aug 6 2012, 05:46 AM

MahFL It all happened so quickly, parachute, then almost... Aug 6 2012, 05:52 AM

MichaelT Fantastic success to land the rover safely! Fa... Aug 6 2012, 05:49 AM

MarsEngineer So folks. What do ya think??? -Rob PS my heart i... Aug 6 2012, 05:49 AM

Silmfeanor QUOTE (MarsEngineer @ Aug 6 2012, 07:49 A... Aug 6 2012, 05:52 AM

Zeke4ther QUOTE (MarsEngineer @ Aug 6 2012, 01:49 A... Aug 6 2012, 06:48 AM

Phil Stooke Not too shabby! Should be good for a hundred ... Aug 6 2012, 05:51 AM

belleraphon1 SIX MORE WHEELS ON THE GROUND!!!! ... Aug 6 2012, 05:51 AM

Explorer1 I'm drenched... utterly drenched; how about th... Aug 6 2012, 05:51 AM

Burmese When can we expect the images to get posted the wa... Aug 6 2012, 05:53 AM

craigmcg Awesome! Awesome! Aug 6 2012, 05:54 AM

Nix we think AMAZING Rob !!!!!... Aug 6 2012, 05:55 AM

nprev I think you guys are steely-eyed missilemen, and y... Aug 6 2012, 05:54 AM

jamescanvin No images yet but the raw images page is intriguin... Aug 6 2012, 05:56 AM

Explorer1 Raws here (down of course): http://mars.jpl.nasa.... Aug 6 2012, 05:56 AM

Reckless Well done Nasa and JPL, Rob and Paolo and thanks. ... Aug 6 2012, 05:58 AM

gpurcell Rob, felt a lot more controlled than Pathfinder or... Aug 6 2012, 05:59 AM

Barry Cracked a tear, cracked a beer and cracked a god a... Aug 6 2012, 06:02 AM

ElkGroveDan Thanks for checking in Rob. It seems to get bette... Aug 6 2012, 06:02 AM

jmknapp In the poll, seems like I head someone mention the... Aug 6 2012, 06:04 AM

Burmese QUOTE (jmknapp @ Aug 6 2012, 01:04 AM) In... Aug 6 2012, 06:11 AM

PDP8E Here is a quicky 3x of the front hazcam I think... Aug 6 2012, 06:05 AM

imipak \o/ Aug 6 2012, 06:06 AM

Hungry4info UMSF went down a bit. :C Congratulations to JPL... Aug 6 2012, 06:07 AM

Ian R I awoke to this most fantastic of news! Well d... Aug 6 2012, 06:11 AM

Chmee Good thing they were forward thinking and had thos... Aug 6 2012, 06:16 AM

Explorer1 Now to see what Hirise caught.... And MARDI... And... Aug 6 2012, 06:18 AM

Tom Tamlyn Choking up over my good-luck peanuts and some beer... Aug 6 2012, 06:27 AM

akuo Rob and folks, you make this stuff look easy. Cong... Aug 6 2012, 06:20 AM

jmknapp QUOTE (akuo @ Aug 6 2012, 01:20 AM) Rob a... Aug 6 2012, 06:31 AM

Chmee So a little down range from center, but realy exce... Aug 6 2012, 06:38 AM

fredk Those rocks look small, but then again we're h... Aug 6 2012, 06:20 AM

centsworth_II QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 6 2012, 02:20 AM) Thos... Aug 6 2012, 07:58 AM

Barry Cheers to Australia.... Aug 6 2012, 06:22 AM

Fred B Man, the web is slow right now... here are deep li... Aug 6 2012, 06:29 AM

Big Joe QUOTE (Fred B @ Aug 6 2012, 01:29 AM) Man... Aug 6 2012, 06:31 AM

lyford Party like it's 2004 all over again! Aug 6 2012, 06:29 AM

Pando This is just insane. First image down and it's... Aug 6 2012, 06:31 AM

ustrax day was rising here as we knew Curiosity had succe... Aug 6 2012, 06:39 AM

volcanopele QUOTE (ustrax @ Aug 5 2012, 11:39 PM) emo... Aug 6 2012, 06:44 AM

helvick Admin Notice: UMSF is getting a wee bit more traf... Aug 6 2012, 06:33 AM

SFJCody Congrats to the MSL team and everyone at JPL from ... Aug 6 2012, 06:44 AM

Bjorn Jonsson Looks like a nice, smooth landing site where drivi... Aug 6 2012, 06:36 AM

Stu "Flat"? I'll say... Note: that... Aug 6 2012, 06:37 AM

ElkGroveDan Just spotted Emily at the press conference. Aug 6 2012, 06:38 AM

Tesheiner QUOTE (MarsEngineer @ Aug 6 2012, 07:49 A... Aug 6 2012, 06:45 AM

fredk Time for some of us to get to work! Here... Aug 6 2012, 06:49 AM

Nix I've been looking at it too as many of us I am... Aug 6 2012, 06:54 AM

Tesheiner It would be an extremely low probability coinciden... Aug 6 2012, 06:59 AM

helvick Admin Notice: Just another FYI - we've tempor... Aug 6 2012, 06:50 AM

Explorer1 Could be on the dust cover; we'll see soon eno... Aug 6 2012, 06:55 AM

Tesheiner Did I heard correctly a reference to UMSF on the b... Aug 6 2012, 07:02 AM

Explorer1 Namedropped us! get ready admins! Aug 6 2012, 07:03 AM

Burmese Yes, and they deferred on the coords for the momen... Aug 6 2012, 07:03 AM

Lightning What a honnor for this forum ! oO Aug 6 2012, 07:04 AM

Nix I do think I heard Adam talk about the forum too h... Aug 6 2012, 07:08 AM

Hungry4info UMSF totally just got a plug on NASA TV. Aug 6 2012, 07:06 AM

Harder What a rollercoaster of a ride down to the surface... Aug 6 2012, 07:06 AM

ElkGroveDan The reporter for Irish Television said someone her... Aug 6 2012, 07:09 AM

walfy QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Aug 5 2012, 11:09 PM... Aug 6 2012, 07:17 AM

Hungry4info UMSF totally just got a plug on NASA TV. Aug 6 2012, 07:10 AM

nprev Yeah, we did. Therefore, let's be sure to ... Aug 6 2012, 07:15 AM

Explorer1 And a plug for Oppy; well deserved applause. Aug 6 2012, 07:15 AM

SFJCody I've said this before and I'll say it agai... Aug 6 2012, 07:19 AM

ElkGroveDan Nick, pick up those newspapers in the living room.... Aug 6 2012, 07:17 AM

Oersted What a thrill! Here's a pic of my daughte... Aug 6 2012, 07:20 AM

akuo Since we got the plug I probably should mention th... Aug 6 2012, 07:22 AM

Eluchil With regards to the reported touchdown coordinates... Aug 6 2012, 07:25 AM

imipak There's a recording of the EDL broadcast at ht... Aug 6 2012, 07:26 AM

Lightning QUOTE (SFJCody @ Aug 6 2012, 09:19 AM) I... Aug 6 2012, 07:27 AM

Burmese Do we know what Image data Curiosity will be attem... Aug 6 2012, 07:28 AM

jamescanvin QUOTE (Burmese @ Aug 6 2012, 08:28 AM) Do... Aug 6 2012, 07:34 AM

Nix QUOTE (Burmese @ Aug 6 2012, 09:28 AM) Do... Aug 6 2012, 07:35 AM

Explorer1 What about Exomars? Four and six years away; not t... Aug 6 2012, 07:30 AM

nprev Okay. Thanks, Akuo. In the interests of picking u... Aug 6 2012, 07:34 AM

Tesheiner If I heard correctly, the next set of images shoul... Aug 6 2012, 07:40 AM

Oersted But they'll be better quality hazcam images, b... Aug 6 2012, 07:40 AM

Explorer1 Will they literally fall to the ground, or will th... Aug 6 2012, 07:42 AM

Skyrunner QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Aug 6 2012, 09:42 AM) ... Aug 6 2012, 07:46 AM

helvick A quick health check on the call out we got from L... Aug 6 2012, 07:42 AM

Hungry4info From the animation they showed the other day, the ... Aug 6 2012, 07:44 AM

Stu QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Aug 6 2012, 08:44 AM... Aug 6 2012, 07:47 AM

nprev So apparently the cruise/EDL team just handed off ... Aug 6 2012, 07:49 AM

Stu Yeah, Nick, I love this very human side of space e... Aug 6 2012, 07:51 AM

Oersted Thumbnails: 64x64 pixels. First pics down after l... Aug 6 2012, 07:53 AM

Nix a mountain! Aug 6 2012, 07:53 AM

nprev Right on. I don't think that any purer, more n... Aug 6 2012, 07:53 AM

Tesheiner Images coming in. See the hills on the background. Aug 6 2012, 07:53 AM

nprev Do I see blueberries again??? Is this a hematite-r... Aug 6 2012, 07:55 AM

Explorer1 That must be the crater rim, since the sun is sett... Aug 6 2012, 07:59 AM

elakdawalla Can somebody here try to compare the images from t... Aug 6 2012, 07:59 AM

walfy QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 5 2012, 11:59 PM... Aug 6 2012, 08:06 AM

Nix Given the distortion of the Hazcams and the proxim... Aug 6 2012, 08:00 AM

ugordan Front hazcam showed the rover shadow so it was fac... Aug 6 2012, 08:05 AM

Nix That rim appears higher than I had expected ! Aug 6 2012, 08:04 AM

Oersted It's the rim and it looks spectacular, even on... Aug 6 2012, 08:04 AM

nprev How do we know that it's the rim? Do we have a... Aug 6 2012, 08:07 AM

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